Feast for the Senses

On our most American holiday, a menu that gives thanks
for culinary traditions from everywhere, blending ancient Persian
pomegranates with native Cape Cod cranberries

It's no wonder painters are inspired by November light, when
the sun melds into the deep scarlet or burnt orange of a tree at
the end of the season, or a branch newly bare. For our
Thanksgiving table, we looked to the saturated hues in Hudson
River School painter Jasper Francis Cropsey's traditional
Autumn Landscape and Jackson Pollock's kinetic
Autumn Rhythm. In this unconventional holiday meal,
familiar elements join flavors from around the world for a feast
that is as rich and colorful as a late-fall afternoon.

GAME
PLAN

1 week ahead:•
Make and freeze onion-rye flatbreads

4 days
ahead:• Make cranberry jam for
tart• Make candied-orange and cranberry compote
for tart

3 days ahead:•
Make pumpkin soup• Make parmesan cloaks for
poached pears• Make cookie crust for cranberry
eggnog tart